Cover of Secreta Mulierum et Virorum (Lyons: Michel Topie, c. 1493-94)

Secreta Mulierum et Virorum (Lyons: Michel Topie, c. 1493-94)

Pseudo-Albertus Magnus (attrib.)

Public domain

Incunable edition of the pseudo-Albertine 'De secretis mulierum', a medieval Latin treatise on conception, women's bodies and astrological influence on birth, long attributed to Albertus Magnus. A 34-leaf fifteenth-century printing from Lyons; incunables survive in small numbers and NLM catalogues this copy in its Incunabula collection. Digitized by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (public domain).

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